A wave of about twenty ballistic missiles was launched this morning by Iran on Israel: some of the missiles hit buildings in Tel Aviv, Holon and Ramat Gan , in the center of the country.

In Beer Sheva a missile hit Soroka Hospital . Police evacuated people from the area, Soroka Hospital reported extensive damage and injuries and issued an appeal: "Do not go to the hospital."

Israeli emergency services also report numerous injuries in other areas of the country: more than 60, some in serious condition.

Israeli fighters instead attacked the Arak heavy water reactor and the Natanz nuclear facility. The heavy water from the Arak reactor helps cool nuclear reactors, but produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. This would give Iran another route to the bomb, in addition to enriched uranium, should it decide to develop a nuclear weapon.

The war between Iran and Israel is thus intensifying, in the wake of Khamenei's fiery message, which rejected the "unconditional surrender" requested by Donald Trump.

And soon the United States could directly enter the conflict. According to US media, Trump has in fact approved plans to attack Iran and probably, Bloomberg reports, the attack will take place over the weekend . Washington is reportedly assembling the infrastructure needed in the Middle East to directly enter the war.

Donald Trump wants rapid military action but the specter of Iraq, which should have been a lightning war, weighs on a divided Washington . The memory of the "mission accomplished" announced by George W. Bush still burns after a total of 4,000 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis died in the conflict. The New York Times draws the parallel, underlining that the attack on Fordow (a uranium enrichment plant), which on paper appears simple, actually involves many risks .

One of these is that the maxi bomb fails to achieve the desired result. Then there is the danger of what could happen next, with the risk of attacks on the 40,000 American soldiers deployed in the Middle East. Not to mention that the B-2 planes from the Diego Garcia base or Missouri could be shot down. The aircraft will fly at night and will probably be flanked by fighters to protect them. Among the other risks highlighted by the NYT is that of a nuclear catastrophe and terrorism.

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Raisi: «If Trump attacks us he will die»

US President Donald Trump will face "a humiliating death" if the US joins Israel in attacking Iran. These are the words of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose note was reported today by Iran International, a London-based news channel linked to the opposition abroad. "Trump - warns Raisi - still has to answer for the blood of Qasem Soleimani (the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard killed in Iraq in 2020, ed.) and is awaiting the vengeance of the Iranian nation. A humiliating death awaits him (if he attacks), and he will surely be struck down by the hand of the oppressed world".

Netanyahu: "Terrorist Tyrants Will Pay a High Price"

"Iranian terrorist tyrants have launched missiles at Soroka Hospital and civilians. They will pay a high price," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in X.

Iran: "We didn't mean to hit the hospital"

The Islamic Republic news agency IRNA said on Telegram that the "main targets" of this morning's rocket attack on Israel "were the large headquarters of the Israeli Army Command and Intelligence (IDF C4I) and the military intelligence camp in the Gav-Yam Technology Park," international media reported. These facilities, the agency noted, are located next to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva, adding that "the military infrastructure was a specific and direct target."

Katz: «Khameni is a cowardly dictator»

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that he and the prime minister have ordered the IDF to "attack Iran with greater intensity: strategic and government targets in Tehran to eliminate threats and weaken the Ayatollahs' regime." "The cowardly Iranian dictator is hiding in the depths of the fortified bunker and is firing shots at hospitals and residential buildings in Israel: these are war crimes of the most serious kind and Khameni will be held accountable for his crimes," Katz wrote on X.

(Online Union)

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